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In this excerpt from "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...," Steven Pinker examines how crying may have evolved as part of a suite of emotional expressions aimed at strengthening social bonds.
It’s something to wrestle and live with, says behavioral scientist Arthur Brooks.
In just its first 10 hours of observations, the Vera Rubin observatory discovered more than 2000 new asteroids. What else will it teach us?
When theory and experiment disagree, it could mean new physics. This time, they solved the muon g-2 puzzle, and saved the Standard Model.
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"We're at a very critical point in human history where things are about to change dramatically. One of the beauties of these AI tools is you now can just be anything that you dreamt of being."
Astronomers see spiral and elliptical nebulae nearly everywhere, except by the Milky Way's plane. We didn't know why until the 20th century.
We need a "theory that explains the evolution of evolution," argues theoretical physicist Sara Imari Walker.
Quarks and leptons are the smallest known subatomic particles. Does the Standard Model allow for an even smaller layer of matter to exist?
How do normal matter and dark matter separate by so much when galaxy clusters collide? Astronomers find the surprising, unexpected answer.
A longstanding mismatch between theory and experiment motivated an exquisite muon measurement. At last, a theoretical solution has arrived.
The properties of a ghostly particle called a neutrino are coming into focus.
Predicted way back in the 1960s, the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 completed the Standard Model. Here's why it remains fascinating.
Planets can be Earth-like or Neptune-like, but only rarely are in between. This hot, Saturn-like planet hints at a solution to this puzzle.
According to the legendary investor, the best method is a blueprint for "extreme success.”
There are steps we can take to create a new paradigm that will help shift society's attitude towards women in the workplace.
Australian soldiers fighting the Japanese recruited native New Guineans to their campaign.
Raw food, paleo, gluten-free, detox, and ketogenic: All of these diet fads withered when subjected to scientific scrutiny.
More than 90 percent of people make a mistake on this test.
The solution involves the infamous Navier-Stokes equations, which are so difficult, there is a $1-million prize for solving them.
On Earth, microbial growth is common in lava tubes no matter the location and climate, whether it’s ice-volcano interactions in Iceland or hot, sand-floored lava tubes in Saudi Arabia.
Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain "rewire" itself by forming new neural pathways.
Terrified of blushing? You might have erythrophobia.
From the tiniest subatomic scales to the grandest cosmic ones, solving any of these puzzles could unlock our understanding of the Universe.
Since at least 600 BC, people have been mesmerized by the concept of the infinite.
How can the law keep up with new genetic technology?
Scientists find two 30-second techniques that prevent dizziness upon standing.
Long before the Wordle mania, there was the crossword puzzle craze. And newspapers around the world condemned them as an “invasive weed” that caused mental illnesses and even murder.
Pizzanomics isn't an official field of research, but it can save you big money.
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn't made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?